Michael Kokozos

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Associate Director, Independent School Teaching Residency

Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Division

Contact

mkokozos@upenn.edu

Education

Ph.D. (Education, Culture, & Society) University of Pennsylvania, 2017
M.P.A. (International Development) New York University, 2007
B.A. (Sociology; Psychology) New York University, 2005

Areas of Expertise

Sociology of education
Human development
Youth advocacy and activism
Curriculum and instruction
Human rights
Critical pedagogy

Programs

Independent School Teaching Residency M.S.Ed.

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Biography

Professional Biography

Michael Kokozos is the Associate Director of Teaching, Learning, & Historical Foundations in the Independent School Teaching Residency (ISTR) program. In addition to his role at ISTR, Dr. Kokozos is a curriculum consultant for North Carolina State University and the International Baccalaureate (IB) program. He also teaches high school students for the Global Online Academy and college courses at North Carolina State University and Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Kokozos also serves as a senior consultant for Team Metacognition.

Dr. Kokozos earned his bachelor’s degree (sociology and psychology) and master’s degree (international development) from New York University, and his Ph.D. in Education, Culture, and Society from the University of Pennsylvania. Before enrolling at Penn GSE, Dr. Kokozos taught abroad in Greece, Turkey, and Canada. He was recently a part of the inaugural NYTimes Teaching Project, a Highlights Foundation scholarship recipient, and a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) summer seminar participant, all of which have enriched his approach to education and curriculum development.

Research Interests and Current Projects

Dr. Kokozos’s research interests focus on the sociology of gender and the sociology of education as well as K–12 curriculum and instruction. His current research focus is on examining diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice issues in schools through the EnGenderED Research Collaborative. In addition, Dr. Kokozos is a part of #PassTheMicYouth, a youth-led podcast and blog in collaboration with North Carolina State University, which aims to amplify youth voices, shine a spotlight on youth activism, and provide educators with resources for cultivating critical consciousness. He is currently co-authoring a book, Teaching Storytelling in Classrooms & Communities: Amplifying Student Voices and Inspiring Social Change.

Publications

Selected Publications

Kokozos, M., & Gonzalez, M. (2024). Collaborating for social change: Promising practices for effective youth-adult partnerships. The Journal of Extension, 62(3), Article 33. https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol62/iss3/33

Gonzalez, M., Kokozos, M., McKee, K., & Byrd, C. (2024). Storytelling through a Critical Positive Youth Development (CPYD) framework: A mixed methods approach. Journal of Youth Development, 19(1) Article 2, 1-14.

Gonzalez, M., Kokozos, M., Nyota, N., & Byrd, C. (2023). Youth storytelling for social change: Guiding questions for effective and ethical delivery. Journal of Extension, 61(3). https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.61.03.03

Kokozos, M. (2023). Anti-oppressive education in “elite” schools: Promising practices & cautionary tales from the field. Teachers College Record. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681231205644

Clonan-Roy, K. “Katie,” Maton, R., Jacobs, C. E., Matthews, C., Kokozos, M., & Kitzmiller, E. (2023). White parent and caregiver perceptions of, and resistance to, equity and anti-racism work in an independent School. Teachers College Record. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681231199558

Kokozos, M. (2023). Teaching & learning LGBTQ+ histories of the United States in your classroom. The History Teacher, 56(3), 437–451.

Kokozos, M., & Gonzalez, M. (2020). Critical inclusion: Disrupting LGBTQ normative frameworks in school contexts. Equity & Excellence in Education, 53(1–2), 151–164. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2020.1764881

Gonzalez, M., Kokozos, M., Byrd, C., & McKee, K. (2020). Critical positive youth development: A framework for centering critical consciousness. Journal of Youth Development, 15(6). https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2020.859

Gonzalez, M., White, A., Vega, L., Howard, J., Kokozos, M., & Soule, K. (2020). “Making the best better” for youths: Cultivating LGBTQ+ inclusion in 4-H. Journal of Extension, 58(4), Article v58-4tt4.

Kokozos, M. (2019). Compassion in action: Humanizing politics and inspiring global change. The Learning Network – The New York Times.

Gonzalez, M., & Kokozos, M. (2019). Prejudice reduction in public schools: A dialogic approach. Journal of Educational Research & Practice, 9(1), 340–348. https://doi.org/10.5590/JERAP.2019.09.1.24

Gonzalez, M., McKee, K., Kokozos, M., Shealy, L., & Chan, S. (2019). #PassTheMicYouth multimedia program: Setting the stage to amplify youth voices. Journal of Extension, 57(6), Article 6TOT2.

Kokozos, M. (2017). The illusion of inclusion: Curricular possibilities amidst a homonational project. Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 2399.